Listen to C.I.A. (Criminals In Action) by Zack de la Rocha, KRS-One & The Last Emperor

C.I.A. (Criminals In Action)

Zack de la Rocha, KRS-One & The Last Emperor

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Zack De La Rocha, KRS-One & The Last Emperor - C.I.A. (Criminals In Action)

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

KRS-One comin' through

Big Zack, Last Emperor

Woo, woo

Hah-hah, that's the sound of EMS

Hah-hah, Last Emperor, KRS

Hah-hah, Big Zack, you know the rest

Now we gon' come down like this now

Hold tight, all crew listen

[Verse 2]

This voice shatters the calm of the day like an alarm

To wake up bright, anew, and take up arms

'Cause more is necessary than vocabulary war

'Cause they toxic rock imports gettin' on your door

C.I.A, I see ya later 'cause your time is comin' soon

I flip the shit like Pacino and it's your Dog Day Afternoon

Attica, Attica, drug agents, you bring your static-a

My alphabet will slash that neck and flip you automatic-a

Dramatic like Ali Shaheed Muhammed brought the vibes

I bring the sun at Red Dawn upon the thoughts of Frantz Fanon

So stand at attention, devil dirge

You'll never survive choosin' sides against the wretched of the Earth

The infiltrator, tribe intoxicator, people incarcerator

Liberation movement annihilator

We got you clocked, pushin' rocks and it fail

We got brothers troopin' subways like the Ho Chi Minh trail

We got the truth daddy, Last Emperor, KRS, and

History manifested, tomorrow, the next lesson

[Verse 3]

You claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that

Claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that

You know the cops, they got a network for the toxic rock

You claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that

So get that flashlight outta my face

You claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that

The Last Emperor, KRS-One, and big Zack

[Verse 4]

As free market capitalism and technology expands

The third world's fertile soil becomes a desert wasteland

So it takes fans to demand the government provide answers

When Lady Liberty has me Bewitched like Samantha

And poverty is one of the most malignant forms of cancer

To all my black magic romancers and acid rain dancers

Develop close ties like Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza

We fear no man and throw jams

That attack counterintelligence programs

Exciting like the epic adventures of Conan

I colonize minds like Zaire by the Belgians

Now what the hell is the problem with this system and what it sells us?

I bring ancient relics like Wyclef did to Zealots

I saw an Iron Curtain called hip-hop and got it open like Boris Yeltsin

Whirlwind tornadoes in the rainforest if you say so

KRS and the Last Emperor like the Green Hornet and Kato

Zack del la Rocha brings the enraged flow, but all three drop science

And become the most powerful alliance since NATO

[Verse 5]

You claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that

You claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that

You claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that

You know the cops, they got a network for the toxic rock

You claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that

So get that flashlight outta my face

You claim I'm sellin' crack, but you be doin' that

The Last Emperor, KRS-One, and big Zack

[Verse 6]

Need I say the C.I.A. be Criminals In Action?

Cocaine crack unpackin', high surveillance trackin'

Prominent blacks and whites givin' orders for mass slaughters

I want all my daughters to be like Maxine Waters

When they flooded the streets with crack cocaine

I was like Noah, now they lower 'cause the whole Cold War is over

Communism fell to the dollars, you were grabbin' it

All the assault and batterin' in the name of intelligence gatherin'?

Now it's karma you battlin', a losin' fight

I choose the mic to recite, ignite light in the night, aight?

We should beat 'em, President Clinton should delete 'em

It's not hard, the C.I.A. simply has no more job

Oh my Goddess, mother, you can fix this

We rock over mixes, not 666's

Yo, this is the message to all that can hear it

If you got secret information, now's the time to share it

Call your congresswoman, your senator, your mayor

It's time for all the scholars to unite with all the players

Rearrange and see times are definitely changin', G

They used to tap the phone, now they tappin' while you pagin' me

It's crazy, B, yet it's plain to see who the enemy

Who's left? The NRA, the ATF, the AMA, okay, okay

It's all irrelevant 'cause in the new millennium

There's be no central intelligence

[Verse 7]

Uh, yeah, uh, yeah

Throw your hands up

You know what's up, kid

Throw your hands up

Hah-hah, yeah, hah-hah, yeah

[Verse 8]

Now we've got a lot of problems

In the everyday world, there's problems

Problems are comin'

That's right, now we got problems

You got a problem?

Oh, I ain't got no problems

But everybody got problems

It's a part of reality, problems

Let's hear it for problems

Written by: Gregory Starr, 芳野藤丸

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